Hi, having got rather concerned after reading reports of chips, cracked windscreens, after my previous car was unscathed after 10 years of driving, I have decided to fit flaps to start with, is this easy? No drilling I hope.

nope no drilling, remove a few screws in wheelarch liner..replace with mudflap and refit screws...simples

Hi, having got rather concerned after reading reports of chips, cracked windscreens, after my previous car was unscathed after 10 years of driving, I have decided to fit flaps to start with, is this easy? No drilling I hope.

I can speak about the front ones: very easy to install, indeed. There's only one tricky part, where you need to insert a small catch (not sure if that's the correct technical name) on the mud flap behind the wheel arch mudguard, but that easy enough, too -- just don't forget it (it's in the instructions, anyway).

Now, I'd recommend using a torque wrench to tighten the screws, as the required torque is rather small: just 1.5 Nm. And if you overtighten them, it's likely that you would damage whatever they're being screwed into -- probably some plastic. I also noticed that it makes sense to check the screws after some riding, because they could (and did) loosen themselves from the vibrations.

I have to say, though, that while the flaps do protect the doors, they seem to achieve little in protecting the front, protruding side of the rear wheel arches, which is known to be readily chipped by small stones. For that specific place, it might be better to order the protective strips that are part of the "rough road package", unless your car is already fitted with such.

Edited 23 July, 201015 yr by bi1b0

Hi, having got rather concerned after reading reports of chips, cracked windscreens, after my previous car was unscathed after 10 years of driving, I have decided to fit flaps to start with, is this easy? No drilling I hope.

Was only £30 to have them fitted at my dealer.

Was only £30 to have them fitted at my dealer.

Fitted them today, an easy job. Got them from a dealer with an ebay site (number1forskoda), fast service with no delivery charges. Saves the bother of visiting local dealer and also no more expensive. I've also got the rubber boot liner and rubber floor mats from them. I ordered mats without thinking when I placed my car order, and I think the more expensive carpet ones are rather useless, the rubber ones are much more practical. I've also ordered some 3M scotchguard paint protection film, and template paper, plan to make my own protection strips for the rear doors and also cover all the door sills at the same time - for the cost of the Skoda versions.

Edited 26 July, 201015 yr by jeep

Fitted them today, an easy job. Got them from a dealer with an ebay site (number1forskoda), fast service with no delivery charges. Saves the bother of visiting local dealer and also no more expensive. I've also got the rubber boot liner and rubber floor mats from them. I ordered mats without thinking when I placed my car order, and I think the more expensive carpet ones are rather useless, the rubber ones are much more practical. I've also ordered some 3M scotchguard paint protection film, and template paper, plan to make my own protection strips for the rear doors and also cover all the door sills at the same time - for the cost of the Skoda versions.

Well done, that's just about exactly what I did.

John